Chakotay crushes into a dense forest, where a bunch of Americ...aliens who don't even have funny noses are fighting a war against some village-burning enemy.
At first he doesn't want to take sides, but witnessing atrocities, he starts fighting along his new friends against a race that looks EXACTLY like the Predator. Considering the forest setting, the marines and the magineguns, I can only assume this was a tribute, even if the aliens' design had apparently also been used for some other trek race. I only wish someone had had the guts to shout "get to da shuttle!".
There is of course a twist in the story, which is, in one way or another, expected from the start.
All in all, this is an episode that would probably seem incredible if it was used in the Original Series, or the original Twilight Zone, but by the late 90s a bit more than a potent message (it's easier to learn to hate than to forget it) was necessary for it to be memorable. I, for one, would have gone full Schwarzenegger.
At first he doesn't want to take sides, but witnessing atrocities, he starts fighting along his new friends against a race that looks EXACTLY like the Predator. Considering the forest setting, the marines and the magineguns, I can only assume this was a tribute, even if the aliens' design had apparently also been used for some other trek race. I only wish someone had had the guts to shout "get to da shuttle!".
There is of course a twist in the story, which is, in one way or another, expected from the start.
All in all, this is an episode that would probably seem incredible if it was used in the Original Series, or the original Twilight Zone, but by the late 90s a bit more than a potent message (it's easier to learn to hate than to forget it) was necessary for it to be memorable. I, for one, would have gone full Schwarzenegger.